Kyle M's Ranger Rebuild

[Kyle M.]

Is it mine from brandon?

I have lost track of a few tools ive loaned out the past year.

Yup, its yours.

I don't have any other tools of yours IIRC

 

[Kyle M.]

Got new tars

Like the new look, wheels good too.

 

[88_Eddie]

i like that look too. it says "i need a lot of ground clearance, but i wanna get good gas mileage too"

 

[CheapThrillB2]

When we starting on the buggy lol.

 

[Kyle M.]

Yours? When ever you are ready boss

 

[CheapThrillB2]

No, yours lol. You and Randy need to order your chassis's and get a group discount then we can go and pick them both up. We talked about it tonight.

 

[Kyle M.]

Ranger front clipped buggy....Mmm

The discount would have to astronomical for me to get one now, but I'd love to do a 4 seater.

 

[Kyle M.]

bent my tierod, gonna make a new one

Made a new battery mount outside of the cab, turned out nice

Mounted the bedside for good, with quick release fasteners and edged the cuts on the sides with door edging so I don't cut anybody in half on accident.

 

[Robert_1967]

Looking good




Robert




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[88_Eddie]

x2

didnt you use 1/4" wall for the TR?

 

[Kyle M.]

Thanks guys!


Yup, 1/4 wall dom. It was a hard hit and it has been bent and straightened once before...time for a new one.

 

[Josh40601]

Same thing here. How did you straighten yours? I'm trying to figure out how to do it

 

[Kyle M.]

I used a pipe bender to tweek it back into shape, worked well.

 

[Josh40601]

Word. Mines bent right at the hydro mount.

 

[Bray D]

You can implement the process of thermal upsetting if you want to straighten it without further damaging the material.

Read this whole thing and your mind will be blown.

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/steel/02.cfm

I had no idea people actually did this. I used it to straighten my sliders and it worked remarkably well. It's time consuming, but it works. That bend is far worse than what my sliders were though.